Hello and welcome to iGarden. Anyone who knows me will know that I am 'The Compulsive Gardener' - I love everything about gardening.
Allow me to share some of my enthusiasm and interests in gardening with a focus on the plants I know best and those that do especially well in my own Sydney garden.
This is more than just about plants: it's also about the people involved in gardening; their books and gardens; planting schemes; choosing appropriate plant types; colour selection... There is plenty to think and read about in iGarden.
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At this time of the year, many gardens (my own included) can look a bit messy and unkempt and it is when I crave solid, sculptural elements in the garden for visual satisfaction. I always admire manmade sculptures in other people's garden but am too scared of choosing something for my own garden, in case I make a terrible mistake. So I prefer instead to use plants to provide that sculptural element in my own garden and make a statement against a background of amorphous foliage. ... Read On »
See the full list of what's flowering in my garden this month.
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Though the weather is cold, there are lots of jobs to be done in the garden in June! Read More »
Watch out for the nasty black and yellow amaryllis caterpillar (also called the lily borer) which can be around at the moment, attacking Clivia and Amaryllis. Use pyrethrum or Success to get rid of them (or squash them!) as they are very destructive. Spray your citrus trees with Eco Oil to deter the bronze orange beetle, which can ruin your citrus crops in spring.
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